diff --git a/src/base/system.c b/src/base/system.c
index 99bb92117..e59df8da9 100644
--- a/src/base/system.c
+++ b/src/base/system.c
@@ -249,86 +249,6 @@ void dbg_msg(const char *sys, const char *fmt, ...)
 	}
 }
 
-#if defined(CONF_FAMILY_WINDOWS)
-static void logger_win_console(const char *line)
-{
-	#define _MAX_LENGTH 1024
-	#define _MAX_LENGTH_ERROR (_MAX_LENGTH+32)
-
-	static const int UNICODE_REPLACEMENT_CHAR = 0xfffd;
-
-	static const char *STR_TOO_LONG = "(str too long)";
-	static const char *INVALID_UTF8 = "(invalid utf8)";
-
-	wchar_t wline[_MAX_LENGTH_ERROR];
-	size_t len = 0;
-
-	const char *read = line;
-	const char *error = STR_TOO_LONG;
-	while(len < _MAX_LENGTH)
-	{
-		// Read a character. This also advances the read pointer
-		int glyph = str_utf8_decode(&read);
-		if(glyph < 0)
-		{
-			// If there was an error decoding the UTF-8 sequence,
-			// emit a replacement character. Since the
-			// str_utf8_decode function will not work after such
-			// an error, end the string here.
-			glyph = UNICODE_REPLACEMENT_CHAR;
-			error = INVALID_UTF8;
-		}
-		else if(glyph == 0)
-		{
-			// A character code of 0 signals the end of the string.
-			error = 0;
-			break;
-		}
-		else if(glyph > 0xffff)
-		{
-			// Since the windows console does not really support
-			// UTF-16, don't mind doing actual UTF-16 encoding,
-			// but rather emit a replacement character.
-			glyph = UNICODE_REPLACEMENT_CHAR;
-		}
-
-		// Again, since the windows console does not really support
-		// UTF-16, but rather something along the lines of UCS-2,
-		// simply put the character into the output.
-		wline[len++] = glyph;
-	}
-
-	if(error)
-	{
-		read = error;
-		while(1)
-		{
-			// Errors are simple ascii, no need for UTF-8
-			// decoding
-			char character = *read;
-			if(character == 0)
-				break;
-
-			dbg_assert(len < _MAX_LENGTH_ERROR, "str too short for error");
-			wline[len++] = character;
-			read++;
-		}
-	}
-
-	// Terminate the line
-	dbg_assert(len < _MAX_LENGTH_ERROR, "str too short for \\r");
-	wline[len++] = '\r';
-	dbg_assert(len < _MAX_LENGTH_ERROR, "str too short for \\n");
-	wline[len++] = '\n';
-
-	// Ignore any error that might occur
-	WriteConsoleW(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), wline, len, 0, 0);
-
-	#undef _MAX_LENGTH
-	#undef _MAX_LENGTH_ERROR
-}
-#endif
-
 static void logger_stdout(const char *line)
 {
 	printf("%s\n", line);